Discovery publishes original research and creative projects produced by Bumpers undergraduate students in cooperation with a faculty mentor.
Discovery is an avenue for Bumpers College to highlight and publish original research and independent creative projects conducted by undergraduate Bumpers students in cooperation with a faculty mentor, or in other words Discovery is mainly an avenue to publish the Honors and research projects of students (or student teams) who undertake original, creative, and innovative independent research. Expectations are that the student(s) has gone above and beyond the requirements of literature reviews and is generating a new contribution to the field/discipline.
Current Volume: Volume 27 (2026)
Entire Issue
Discovery: The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences - Volume 27 2026
Several Authors
Front Matter
Letter from the Dean
Jeff Edwards
Letter from the Faculty Editor
Beth Kegley
Featured Faculty Mentor/Student Team
Lauren Rogers and Danielle Reeves
Articles
Differences in Local and Systemic Immune Responses to Primary and Secondary Immunizations with the Herpesvirus of Turkeys (HVT) Vaccine in Layer Pullets.
Allie K. Bowerman, Jossie M. Santamaria, Chrysta N. Beck, and Gisela F. Erf
The Evaluation of Broiler Lines Divergently Selected for Water Conversion Ratio Under Acute and Chronic Stress
Baileigh B. Cash and Sara K. Orlowski-Workman
The Effect of Including a Yeast Culture Containing Essential Oils in Receiving Cattle Diets on Growth Performance and Health
Taylor D. Foster, Robin A. Cheek, Elizabeth B. Kegley, Jana L. Reynolds, Alexis J. Harness, Craig M. Looney, and Jeremy G. Powell
Effects of Cyclic Heat Stress on Blood Cell Profiles and Antibody Concentrations in Broilers Selected for Low Water Conversion Ratio
Luke B. Janski, Chrysta N. Beck, Jossie M. Santamaria, and Gisela F. Erf
Clawing Our Way to Inclusion: Identifying Minority Students’ Barriers to Entering the Veterinary Medicine Profession
Danielle Reeves and Lauren Rogers
Influence of Increased Supplementation of Organic-Complexed Zinc to Beef Cows During Gestation and the Effects on Offspring
Naija N. Sharpley, Robin A. Cheek, Elizabeth B. Kegley, Jeremy G. Powell, and Kenneth P. Coffey
Factors Affecting Diet Selection in Sheep Fed Endophyte-Infected Toxic Fescue
Jordan Thomas, Ronelson Stinfil, Kenneth P. Coffey, Christine C. Nieman, Derico Setyabrata, and Shawna Weimer
Instructions for Authors
Instructions for Authors
Discovery Editors